Multiple choice

In gymnosperms, the seeds are naked because they lack

  1. integument

  2. nucellus

  3. pericarp

  4. perianth

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C Correct answer
Explanation

After fertilization, the ovary develops into fruit and ovary wall forms the fruit wall (pericarp). But gymnosperms have naked seeds because in gymnosperms, ovary (pericarp) is absent.